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Dragon 6250 rubber tires?
Vierville
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Gauteng, South Africa
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 06:59 PM UTC
Hi guys.

I've bought the Dragon 6250 PaK40 kit and was disappointed to see when I opened the box that the kit has rubber tires.
I use enamels to paint my models and am concerned that this will damage the tires?

I've always steered clear of rubber tracks and tires as I've had a few sets of tracks disintegrate and deterioate over time so was wondering if anyone has built this particular kit and if they've got any tips on painting Dragon vinyl?

Also, I see that Tamiya makes a PaK40 kit which I see has styrene tires...does anyone know if the Tamiya ones would fit the Dragon kit?

Thanks!
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 07:29 PM UTC
Here are some resin options :

https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION%5B%5D=All&q=pak+40+wheels

H.P.
tanknick22
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 07:33 PM UTC

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Hi guys.

I've bought the Dragon 6250 PaK40 kit and was disappointed to see when I opened the box that the kit has rubber tires.
I use enamels to paint my models and am concerned that this will damage the tires?

I've always steered clear of rubber tracks and tires as I've had a few sets of tracks disintegrate and deterioate over time so was wondering if anyone has built this particular kit and if they've got any tips on painting Dragon vinyl?

Also, I see that Tamiya makes a PaK40 kit which I see has styrene tires...does anyone know if the Tamiya ones would fit the Dragon kit?

Thanks!


If you use acrylic paints on or near the rubber tracks or tires you wont have that problem I have a Tamiya's dragon wagon, Sherman and a slew of their Abrams and a Bradley with those new ribber glue together tracks and they havnt had any issues with them and I use acrylic paints on the tracks
Vierville
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 08:09 PM UTC
Thanks Henri-Pierre and Nick!
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